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good journalistic practice is to not report something as fact until it is independently verified. So in the online world with a rush to push the article, the h
by jpadkins 7y ago
good journalistic practice is to not report something as fact until it is independently verified.
So in the online world with a rush to push the article, the headline has to reflect what they actually know ('oracle reported'). They will probably update the headline once they get confirmation.
- netsharc 7y agoA lot of times headlines use quotes to indicate that someone other than than the news org said it. But I wonder how many readers are barely literate and don't realize this. In this case the headline could be; Orace Co-CEO Mark Hurd 'has died'
- paublyrne 7y agoThat sounds a bit weird. That would imply the term 'has died' was somehow facetious or metaphorical.
- lostlogin 7y agoWhat about: Oracle: Co-CEO Mark Hurd has died.
- shredprez 7y agoAh, scare quotes. How about: Oracle: "Co-Ceo Mark Hurd Has Died"
- skyyler 7y agoThis is better than the title? Why?
- monkeydreams 7y agoBecause the subject of the title is Oracle, while the subject of the suggested title is Mark Hurd.
- refurb 7y agoIt actually sounds like something North Korea would say. “The hostages ‘succumb to an accident’”
- pbhjpbhj 7y agoI find that worse, it suggests something is known definitely to have happened but it's being described in an unusual way. In any case I'm not sure this is the time for such conversations.